15Dick had read somewhere that a man’s first sleep is the soundest, and he did not intend to stay in his room more than a half hour or so. Meanwhile, there was an important question to be decided: what should he do afterwards? return to his own room and go to bed as if nothing had happened? He decided against it. The risk was too great; Rulon might take it into his head to peep into his belt before starting next morning. No, he must leave the hotel at once, and the things Greatorex had brought him must go towards paying his bill. But he had no money. Well, walking the streets the rest of the night ought not to be too great a hardship if he had a hundred thousand dollar necklace in his pocket.
At the end of half an hour, d**k set out for Rulon’s room. He was by this time so well known abou
